Why don't the Hans have a infantry swordsman?

[Arup]

Why do we not have a Han Infantry Swordsman ?  In most, if not all depictions of the era, sword and helbs alongside crossbows is by and large the highlight of their weapons. "The jian was mentioned as one of the "Five Weapons" during the Han dynasty, the other four being dao, spear, halberd, and staff. Another version of the Five Weapons lists the bow and crossbow as one weapon, the jian and dao as one weapon, in addition to halberd, shield, and armour." - Wikipedia article on Han Military

[real_tabasco_sauce]

Since the dao is really big i think they could get the longsword mixin that the mace sword champs get.

[Arup]

6 minutes ago, real_tabasco_sauce said:

Since the dao is really big i think they could get the longsword mixin that the mace sword champs get.

exactly what my suggestion is as well

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, Emacz said:

A lot more civs would have a variety of units.

Of course they would, every army in the ancient world had diverse military units. The challenge is to stick to what differentiated them one from another for gameplay balance and sheer fun factor. To give examples from the game:
1) Giving Persians more cavalry choice because they were renowned for it,
2) Giving Romans great sword infantry because they were feared for it,
3) Giving Spartans one-man armies early, and Leonidas,
4) Giving Gauls crazy units because the French always were a bit on the goofy side  

Edited May 4, 2025 by Deicide4u

[Arup]

I love historical patch

 

[Genava55]

On 04/05/2025 at 4:36 PM, Arup said:

Why do we not have a Han Infantry Swordsman ?  In most, if not all depictions of the era, sword and helbs alongside crossbows is by and large the highlight of their weapons. "The jian was mentioned as one of the "Five Weapons" during the Han dynasty, the other four being dao, spear, halberd, and staff. Another version of the Five Weapons lists the bow and crossbow as one weapon, the jian and dao as one weapon, in addition to halberd, shield, and armour." - Wikipedia article on Han Military

Technically, every civs should have swordsmen from the start. Even the Hellenistic civs.

[Genava55]

 

 

[Genava55]

58 minutes ago, Emacz said:

What would their swordsmen be called/used for? 

Hoplites means 'men-at-arms', this is a generic word.

Swordsmen could be named something like Makhairaphoroi, aka 'makhaira-bearers', makhaira being a popular one-edged sword.

1 hour ago, Emacz said:

Would just be spartiates as a secondary weapon.

It is generally a secondary weapon yes.